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AS CO-EQUAL branches of government, Senate’s support of the Supreme Court’s position against the spread of threats and killings of lawyers and judges will help keep them safe and alive which in turn will help keep ordinary citizens safe and alive, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said Wednesday.

“We may slow down the spread briefly but unless we address the serious gaps in mass testing, contact tracing, and isolation, and speed up the vaccination roll-out, I am afraid we will just be running in place and find ourselves moving from one lockdown to another in the months ahead.

“While the world is busy battling Covid-19, China is unabated in its militarization and expansionism in the West Philippine Sea. Dahil dito sa 220 Chinese militia boats sa Julian Felipe Reef (Union Reef) sa West Philippine Sea, hindi ba parang nananadya at ginagawang “geopolitical weapon” ng China ang mga donated

SENATOR Kiko Pangilinan estimates that the government will lose about 11 billion pesos in tariff revenue should the pork tariffs be reduced from 30 percent to 5 percent. “Ang estima namin mga 11 billion pesos eh,” he said in a media interview on how much the government may lose on

AS THE Philippines faces a surge in Covid-19 cases, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan wants government to provide health kits and financial assistance to the country’s almost 1.5 million fisherfolk, who are suffering from low selling price due to checkpoints and access to ice for their catch.

AS THE number of Covid cases continue to spike on the first year of the first Covid-caused community quarantine, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday said the Department of Health to empower local governments so that they can level-up in addressing the challenges of controlling the spread of the disease.

We begin our prayer with an excerpt from the Homily of Pope Francis in his Sunday Mass yesterday at the Saint Peter’s Basilica: “Dear brothers and sisters, five hundred years have passed since the Christian message first arrived in the Philippines.

AS the country commemorates the first year of the first Covid-caused community quarantine on March 15, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said local executives must be empowered to enforce granular local lockdowns as they are more familiar with the situation in their respective areas.